Grants

Trump Administration Invests $202,660 in Preservation Technology and Training Grants

2020 PTT Grants Announced

Modernizing Plant Records Management (2017-02)

Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation

Image Brief: The O’Keeffe Viewshed Project (2019-02)

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

IrisBG User Guide For National Park Service Plant Records Management (2019-05)

Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation

Integrating Technology for Montana’s Historic Cemeteries and Sacred Sites (2019-06)

The Montana History Foundation

Enhanced Usability of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s Online What’s Out There Database (2018-12)

The Cultural Landscape Foundation

A Framework for the Seismic Risk Assessment of Masonary Arch Bridges in the United States (2018-08)

Clemson University

Developing Pattern Recognition Software to Reconstruct Prehistoric Native American Pottery (2018-11)

University of South Carolina

Development of in situ Shallow Subsurface Spectroscopy for the Geochemical Characterization of Archaeological Features and Anthropogenic Soils (2018-02)

Novel Electronic Technology for Real-Time Detection of Trespass at Archeological Sites (2018-01)

Protective Treatments for Western Redcedar Shingle and Shake Roofs (2018-06)

Applying Scientific Rigor to Photogrammetric 3D Documentation for Cultural Heritage and Natural Science Materials (2018-03)

Multi-Functional High Performance “Green” Nanocomposite Coating For Metals (2018-05)

Enhancing Historic Landscape Visualization (2017-26)

Docomomo US: Explore Modern (2017-24)

Radiant Barrier Retrofits to Improve Energy Efficiency of Older Homes in Hot-Humid Climate Zones (2017-05)

Architecture & Engineering Grant Research Report

Visualizing the Past, Present, and Future of New York City’s 1964-5 World’s Fair Site Using 3D GIS and Procedural Modeling (2017-23)

Historic Landscapes Grant Research Report

3D Analysis and Visualization of Tideline Changes to Cellulosic Structures (2017-22)

Materials Conservation of Historic Paper Grant Research Report

Using EVM to Fluctuations in Relative Humidity on Cultural Heritage Materials (2016-07)

Archeology & Collections Grant Research Report

New York State Energy Conservation Code Compliance Training for Historic Properties (2016-03)

Preservation League of New York

2019 PTT Grants Call for Proposals

Deadline extended to February 14, 2019 at 6PM ET

The Impact of Climate Change on Archaeological Resources in Arizona (2015-10)

Harnessing Citizen Science through the Arizona Site Stewardship Network

2018 PTT Grants Awarded

7 Recipients for Science and Training Projects

Austin Historical Survey Wiki (2017-01)

University of Texas at Austin

Acryloid Barrier Coatings for Museum Collections (2017-09)

Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage & SEAC

Mesilla Valley Preservation Develops Salt Kit

2015 PTT Grant Results

2018 PTT Grants Call for Proposals

Due by: Jan 4, 2018 at 3PM ET

2017 PTT Grants Announced

Technology You Can Use

Looking Back on the PTT Grants Program

Twenty-three Years of Progress

NCPTT Sponsored Archeology Symposium (2017-06)

Proceedings of the Twenty-Year Retrospective

Modernizing National Park Service Plant Records Management (2017-02)

Digital plant record keeping

2016 Preservation Technology and Training Grants Across the Country

2016 Awards

Manual of Best Practices for the Employment of Mechanical Scanning Sonar in the Documentation of Submerged Cultural Resources (2016-05)

Mechanical Scanning Sonar

The Geology of Portland (CT) Brownstone, and Quarry Factors to Consider in Block/Slab Selection for In-Kind Replacement of Portland Brownstone

G. Michael Meehan, president, Portland Brownstone Quarries

Welcome and History of Preservation at Victoria Mansion

Robert Wolterstorff, Director, Victoria Mansion

Potential Applications of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction and Impregnation for the Stabilization and Conservation of Industrial Heritage Artifacts (2016-02)

Rapid stabilization of ferrous metal artifacts

Simple Rapid Corrosion Tests With Quantitative Image Analysis for Materials Preservation (2015-08)

Incorporating Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)

Energy Modeling of Historic Buildings:

Improving Simulation and Verification Techniques (2016-01)

Poles, Posts and Canoes: The Preservation, Conservation and Continuation of Native American Monumental Wood Carving (2014-09)

Native American Monumental Wood Carving

Towards Simpler, Cheaper, and Greener Iron Conservation (2014-08)

Greener Iron Conservation

Preserving Timber Structures with Non-Destructive Evaluation of Critical Joinery (2015-06)

Non-Destructive Evaluation of Critical Joinery

Application of Genetic Sequencing for Comprehensive Analysis of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Mercury-Treated Museum Collections (2015-07)

Identifying bacteria in artifact degradation

Visualization of Chert Artifacts Using Reflectance Spectroscopy as a Preservation Provenance Technology (2015-05)

Analysis of Ice Age stone spear points

Application of a Biotechnology Technique for Accurate Identification and Regional Localization of Mammalian Materials in Native American Cultural Heritage (2015-04)

Technique enables rapid analysis of materials

NCPTT Announces 2015 PTT Grant Awards

Progress in Preservation

A Manual for Climate Change Impacts on Cultural Landscapes, Phase 2

2015 PTT Grant

Field Kit and Methodology for Salt Detection in Adobe

a 2015 PTT Grant

Probablistic Modeling of Energy Use and Air Quality in Historic Buildings

a 2015 PTT Grant

Real-Time Detection of Trespass at Archeological Sites

a 2015 PTT Grant

A Mobile App for Recording and Submitting Historical Resources Data

a 2015 PTT Grant

Enhancing Historic Landscape Visualization

a 2015 PTT Grant

High Performance Nanocomposite Coatings for Metal Conservation

a 2015 PTT Grant

Using Eularian Video to Study Cultural Heritage Materials

2015 PTT Grant

PTT Grant Requirements Explained

Press releases, images, and reports

Climate Change and Cultural Landscapes: Research Planning and Stewardship (2015-02)

The Development of Bronze Shield

From concept to reality with the help of NCPTT

Fire Safety for Historic Properties: Five Teaching Modules (2014-05)

Use of Hydroxyapatite for enhancing durability in marble

$195,000 Awarded for 2013 PTT Grants

8 innovative projects in preservation technology

Texas Wildfires and Bastrop State Park

Fran Gale and Miriam Tworek-Hofstetter

Grants Deadline Extended to November 15!

2013 Call for Proposals Released – NCPTT Grants Program

Two Additional 2012 PTT Grants Awarded

News: Payment Management Changes for Grant Recipients

The 2013 PTT Grants Program and Grants.gov

Update on the 2013 Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program

Tribal Heritage Grants

$235,500 Released for NCPTT Grants Program

Preservation Arts and Technology National Professional Development Program

National Professional Development Program

Preservation of Human Dental Surface Micro-Topography with Three-Dimensional Non-Destructive Digital Imaging (2012-01)

RIT Assistant Professor Receives PTT Grant to Design Historic Preservation Video Game

NCPTT Seeks Grant Proposals from Preservation Innovators

Surviving Disaster: dPlan online software helps collections managers plan for the worst

$217,000 awarded to new projects in NCPTT Grants Program

NCPTT Grant Recipient to Present the Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Atlas at the 2011 APA Conference

2010 Annual Report

NCPTT Announces 2011 Call for Grant Proposals

Researchers examine methods to control salt damage in cultural resources

NCPTT announces $320,000 in funding for preservation technology grants

$14.3 Million in Grants Available from Save America’s Treasures Program

Earlybird discount available for Historic Iron and Steel Workshop

Establishing an Elemental Baseline for Sourcing Shell and Shell-Tempered Artifacts in the Eastern Woodlands of North America using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) (2009-02)

Evaluation of Conservation and Preservation Practices in a Southwest Pottery Collection (2009-04)

Rehabilitating historic wrought iron and steel bridges

PTT 2010 Proposal Submissions Has Closed

PTT Grant is funding database for research of fibers

Preservation Symposium to Honor James Marston Fitch

Preservation of Historic Iron and Steel in Bridges and Other Metal Structures

Six ways to improve your chances of getting a PTT Grant

PTTGrant project to create user-powered online database for historic landscapes

Mechanical Systems in Historic Buildings (1998-20)

Reflectance Transformation Imaging Workshop

PTT Grantees Make Time Team America

The Aftershock of Economics Meets Conservation Online

$262,500 Awarded for 2009 PTT Grants

Architectural Records Conference and Symposium (2008-03)

Identification of Unmarked Graves (2008-01)

PTT Grants research on aerial thermal infrared concludes

Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06)

New Life for Native Artifacts

Cane River National Heritage Area Commission Releases 2009 Grant Application

Up To $10,000 Available in Save Our History Grants

Dynamics of Participatory Conservation: The Kamehameha I Sculpture Project

Mechanical Anchor Strength in Stone Masonry (2008-05)

Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone (2008-09)

High Definition Documentation of Archaeological Structures (2008-10)

Archeology Goes HD

Wooden Artifacts in Cemeteries: A Reference Manual

Connections: Preserving America’s Landscape Legacy (1996-02)

Culture Shock: Fire Protection for Historic and Cultural Property (1995-01)

Coordinate Measurement of Ships and Smallcraft (1999-06)

Computerizing Maryland’s Historic Site Records (1998-21)

PTT Products: Catalog of Publications and Products

Protective Glazing Study (1996-06)

RESTORE Technical Field Guide on the Health and Environmental Hazards Inherent in Architectural Restoration Materials and Processes (1998-05)

CEFPI: A primer for the renovation/rehabilitation of older and historic schools (2004-16)

Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05)

Preservation Resource Guide for Public Works Managers (1998-01)

Root of the Problem (1998-33)

Arizona Archaeological Council’s Native Americans and Archaeology Workshop (1994-02)

Shenandoah-Dives Mill HAER, HSA and NDT Workshop (2007-07)

Historic American Roof Trusses: I. Scissor Trusses (2004-10)

Historic American Roof Trusses: II. Queenpost Trusses (2004-11)

Historic American Roof Trusses: III. Kingpost Trusses (2004-12)

Manual on Conservation Methodology for Historic Buildings and Structures: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1997-07)

Historic American Roof Trusses: King Post Truss Engineering, an Addendum (2004-13)

Historic American Roof Trusses: IV. Composite and Raised Bottom Chord Trusses (2004-14)

Lustron On-Line (2008-02)

Load Paths in Historic Truss Bridges (2004-25)

Landscapes and Lives (1997-27)

Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01)

Historic Resource Surveys and the Internet (1999-10)

Historic Preservation Training by and for Indian Tribes: Report of a Workshop on Tribal Needs and Priorities (1996-11)

Historic Landscape Resource Manual (2000-18)

Glass and Stained Glass Conservation (1998-28)

Focus on 2000: A Heritage Education Perspective (1997-08)

2009 PTT Grants Call for Proposals

$165,415 Released for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program

2009 Call for Proposals

Lustron Online NCPTT Grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Digital Technology Integration San Antonio Riverwalk Documentation Pilot Project

Protocol for Emergency Washing Drying and Sterilizing Historically Significant Books

High Definition Heritage Network Webinar

Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone

Swelling Mechanism in Clay-Bearing Sandstones (2007-09)

3C@5TR0

Manual for the Assessment of Load-Bearing Unreinforced Masonry Structures (2007-06)

Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites (2007-11)

Progress in Preservation Through NCPTT Grants

An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (2007-04)

Video Preservation Website: Migration of Historic Video Tape to Digital Video Files (2007-13)

Deadline for Pre-Proposal letters for the 2008 PTT Grants program has been extended to October 15 2007

Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation (1997-06)

New PTTGrants Research to Advance Technology in Preservation

An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze-Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood

Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites

Evaluation of Remote Sensing Tools for the Estimation of Interior Wyoming Basin Cultural Landscape Attributes Using Archived Satellite Imagery and Off-the-Shelf Software

Creating a Digital Archive for Cultural Landscapes: Recordation of Montana’s Tongue River Valley

The Use of Multibeam Swath Bathymetry for the Identification and Assessment of Underwater Archaeological Sites

Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites

Thin-Section Petrography of Cultural Materials Comprehensive Resource and Training

2007 PTTGrants – 8 Awards To Be Made Totaling $254,600

Lustron Online Interim Report

Seeing is Believing Thermography Aids Historic Preservation

Drying Waterlogged Archeological Wood Artifacts Complete

2007 PTTGrants National Panel Review

Timber Framers Guild on NCPTT Sponsored Research

Louisiana’s Historic Places

Heritage Area Awards Cemetery Renovation Grant

2007 PTT Grants Undergoing Review

Testing the Regional Reliability of Spectral Signatures of Archaeological Phenomena (2006-01)

New Research Priority for Archeology

Brownstone Symposium: May 13, 2006

Recent Research and Technical Innovations in Brownstone Conservation Symposium

PTT Grants Program Panel Review

Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19)

Non-Destructive Imaging of Worn-Off Hallmarks and Engravings from Metal Objects of Art Using Acoustic Microscopy (2004-06)

Water Transport Characteristics of Masonry Restoration Mortars (2004-26)

Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17)

USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23)

Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22)

Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21)

Control of Subterranean Termite Populations at San Cristobal and El Morro, San Juan National Historic Site (2003-01)

Draft Code for Historic Buildings (2002-01)

Control of Formosan Subterranean Termite Infestations Using Baits Containing an Insect Growth Regulator (2002-21)

Classroom Testing of Model Secondary Level Historic Preservation-Based Lesson Plans (2002-04)

Improved Sol-Gel Consolidants for Stone (2002-24)

New Termite Baiting Technologies for the Preservation of Cultural Resources: Results of Field Trials in the National Park System (2002-09)

Standard Practice for Determining the Components of Historic Cementitious Materials (2002-20)

The Effects of Peroxide Decontamination Reagents on the Chemical and Physical Properties of Cultural Materials (2002-22)

Keeping the Boys Busy: The Revival of Incremental, On-Site Design by National Parks (2002-10)

Development and Testing of Organic Coatings for the Protection of Outdoor Bronze Sculpture from Air-Pollutant Enhanced Corrosion — Year 1 (2001-09)

Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 2 (2001-07)

National Register District GIS Project (2001-03)

The Role of Microorganisms in the Deterioration of Atmospheric Pollutants of Stone Used in Historic Buildings and Monuments (2001-01)

Examination of Gilded Bronze using Nondestructive Eddy Current Techniques (2001-10)

Soiling Patterns on a Tall Limestone Building: Changes Over Sixty Years (2000-13)

Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 1 (2000-15)

Use of Remote Sensing to Evaluate and Monitor the Condition of Prehistoric Earthen Structures (2000-14)

Vertical Gradients of Pollutant Concentrations and Deposition Fluxes on a Tall Limestone Building (2000-16)

Elimination of Subterranean Termite Populations from the Statue of Liberty National Monument Using a Bait Matrix Containing an Insect Growth Regulator, Hexaflumuron (1999-11)

Digital Videography: Recording, Preserving, and Disseminating Archaeological Data (1999-18)

Development of Nonlinear Documentation Strategies for Incorporating Computerized Solid Modeling in Historical Building Survey (1999-04)

Research into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation Phase II (1999-23)

Online Information for Preserving Religious Properties (1999-29)

Nondestructive Method for Hardness Evaluation of Mortars (1999-02)

Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide – Morgan County Volume 2 (1999-20)

An Evaluation of Archeological Applications of Mapping Grade Global Positioning Systems (1999-03)

Directory of Analytical and Materials Testing Services for Historic Preservation (1998-06)

Development of a Prototypical Historic Fire Risk Index to Evaluate Fire Safety in Historic Buildings (1998-08)

Description and Analysis of NAPAP Briquette Surface Chemistry Files (1998-30)

Review of the Literature on the Topic of Acidic Deposition on Stone (1998-09)

Physical and Chemical Process Of Soiling and Washoff at the Cathedral Of Learning (1998-11)

Archaeological Site Revegetation, Organochloride Based Pesticides, PCBs and Their Relationships to Resource Preservation and Protection (1998-15)

Standardization in Historical Information and Interpretation System Demonstration Project (1998-10)

State Historic Preservation Legislation Database (1998-13)

Migration of the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division Databases to the World Wide Web (1998-12)

Analyzing the Effect of Diethylaminoethanol, an Indoor Air Pollutant, on Traditional Easel Paintings, II (1998-17)

Analyzing the Effect of Diethylaminoethanol, an Indoor Air Pollutant, on Traditional Easel Paintings, I (1998-16)

Hiprotect at Joshua Tree National Park (1998-18)

Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-dimensional Computer Mapping in the American Southwest (1998-04)

Computerizing Arizona’s Cultural Resource Files Implementation Plan (1997-11)

Research Into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation Phase I (1997-03)

Historic Preservation Online – Louisiana Heritage InfoNet – Part 1 (1997-23)

Review of the State of the Art of Laser Cleaning in Conservation (1997-01)

NCPTT Internet Communication Survey Report (1997-25)

Methodology Report for a Multimedia Approach to Training Staff in Simple Book Repair (1997-26)

Development and Implementation of a Rapid Low-Cost Photogrammetric Data Archival System for Artifact and Osteological Inventory (1996-05)

Deterioration and Preservation of Porous Stone Royal Presidio Chapel, Monterey, California (1996-04)

Report for NCPTT on Funding Priorities in Materials Conservation (1996-07)

Origin of Whewellite-Rich Rock Crust in the Lower Pecos Region of Southwest Texas and its Significance to Paleoclimate Reconstructions (1996-03)

Survey for State Historic Preservation Offices Regarding Introductory Preservation Education of Local Public Officials (1996-13)

Testing the Energy Performance of Wood Windows in Cold Climates: A Report to the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Agency of Commerce and Community (1996-08)

Vertical Gradients of Pollutant Concentrations and Deposition Fluxes at the Cathedral of Learning (1996-09)

Evaluation Of NAPAP Aerometric Data (1996-21)

Evaluating Sites with Late 19th & Early 20th Century Components for Eligibility in the National Register of Historic Places: Using Turn-of-the-Century Whitewares as Economic Indicators in Assessing Collections and Developing Contexts (1996-10)

Historic Preservation: The Next Step; Public Lecture by James Marston Fitch (1996-12)

Cost Benefit Analysis of Bridge Degradation (1995-15)

Readings in Site Discovery and Site Evaluation (1995-14)

A Simple Book Repair Manual (1995-02)

Influence of Atmospheric Pollutants on Soiling of a Limestone Building Surface (1995-06)